Stage 3 Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction


1. (W) Where (Understanding), Why (Real Life), What (MLR) and Product
2. (H) Hook (Engage)
3. (E) Equip (Content - Students will know...), Explore (Graphic Organizer), and Experience (Cooperative Learning)
4. (R) Rethink, Revise, Rehearse, and Refine (Timely Feedback)
5. (E) Evaluate (Self- Assessment)
6. (T) Tailor (Multiple Intelligences 6 to 8 and use each at least twice)
7. (O) Organize (Facet of Understanding - Students will be able to ...)

Lesson 1

Consider the W.H.E.R.E.T.O. elements. (L)
1.Students will understand that their bodies are either negatively or positively effected by what they consume.
Students will understand that getting adequate amounts of physical activity is vital to their health. (Where)
Students need to learn about physical activities and proper nutrition because they are necessary in order to live life to the fullest. Without paying attention to these components of health, one would be faced with an increased risk of disease and may be restricted in what they can accomplish in life. (Why) Students demonstrate healthy practices and/or behaviors to maintain or improve the health of self and others in each of the following areas: healthy eating; physical activity; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention, and prevention of STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy. (What) Product: Journals (blog).
2. Show obesity video (Hook).
3. Students will know terminology and concepts such as metabolism, calories, and how they relate to each other, controlling food/not letting it control you, and physical activity/balanced diet makes you feel better. (Equip) The students will complete part of a Web Quest about their own fitness levels in class. (Explore) They will use the Inquiry Model (Experience).
4. It is necessary to learn proper diet habits because what they consume effects their body. It is important to partake in adequate amount of physical activity because it is vital to their health (Rethink). Once the students have finished working on the Web Quest, they will get in groups of 4 and brainstorm ideas on how they can improve their fitness levels (Refine). Students will share their ideas on how to improve their fitness levels and will make a list of the ones that would work for them (Reflect).
5. The students completed the Web Quest and came up with realistic ideas on how to improve their fitness levels. (Evaluate)
6. Visual will be met when the video clip is watched.
Bodily-Kinesthetic will be met when they form groups.
Intrapersonal will be met when the students do their own work on their Web Quests and reflect on their own fitness levels.
Linguistic will be met when the students express their own ideas on how to increase fitness levels and by describing different workouts/activities that they enjoy.
Interpersonal will be met when the students are in groups.
Logical-Mathematical will be met when certain things need to be computed during the Web Quest.
7. Describe the importance of getting an adequate amount of physical activity. (Organize)

Lesson 2







1. Students will understand that their bodies are either negatively or positively effected by what they consume (Where). Students need to learn about how to select which foods are the best to eat because they will need to this every day of their lives (Why). Students demonstrate healthy practices and/or behaviors to maintain or improve the health of self and others in each of the following areas: healthy eating; physical activity; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention, and prevention of STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy. (What) Product: FitDay.com account and presentation of data.
2. Have different closed boxes around the room. Each box will have the food label of very processed foods that have not well known ingredients (ex: bouillion cubes). The students will walk around to each box and write down their guess of what is inside each box. Music will be playing. When the music stops, the student has to switch to the next box. After all of the students have guessed for each box, the contents will be revealed in front of the class (Hook).
3. Students will know terminology and concepts such as metabolism, calories, and how they relate to each other, controlling food/not letting it control you, and physical activity/balanced diet makes you feel better. (Equip) The students will form groups and use FitDay.com to analyze food labels. (Explore) They will use the Inquiry Model (Experience).
4. It is necessary to learn proper diet habits because what they consume effects their body. (Rethink) The students will decide which food is the best choice based on the food labels they analyzed. They will give negatives and positives of each food choice (Refine). Groups will report out to the class and tell about the food they chose as the best choice. They will refer to FitDay to show the food label to the class and explain why it is the best choice (Reflect).
5. The students participated in the group activity and could understand how to read food labels (Evaluate).
6. Bodily-Kinesthetic will be met by walking around during the hook and splitting into groups.
Interpersonal will be met during group work.
Linguistic will be met when the groups report out to the class.
Musical will be met during the hook when music is playing.
Intrapersonal will be met when the students are using their own reasoning skills to try to determine what are in the boxes during the hook.
Logical-Mathematical will be met when the students need to multiply and divide different numbers on food labels.
7. Describe the importance of a balanced diet and an adequate amount of physical activity. (Organize)

Lesson 3


Consider the W.H.E.R.E.T.O. elements. (L)
8. Students will understand that their bodies are either negatively or positively effected by what they consume. (Where) Students need to learn to resist the temptations of fad-dieting because they are dangerous and do not work. The media makes some diets and supplements seem very desirable and effective, but one needs to realize that the only way to lose weight in a healthy way is a balanced diet and exercise (Why). Students demonstrate healthy practices and/or behaviors to maintain or improve the health of self and others in each of the following areas: healthy eating; physical activity; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention, and prevention of STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy. (What) Product: Article (Blog)
9. Show fad-diets video clip (Hook)
10. Students will know about effective versus ineffective dieting, controlling your food/not letting food control you, avoiding peer pressure (Equip). The students will get in groups of 4 and research a fad-diet to which they are assigned (Explore). They will use the Inquiry Model (Experience).
11. It is necessary to learn proper diet habits because what they consume effects their body. (Rethink) The students will discuss and take notes on the their fad-diet in their groups. They will discuss the dangers and effectiveness (Refine). Groups will create a team blog and write an article on their fad-diet as if it were in a health magazine. Pictures, links, and/or videos need to be included (Reflect).
12. The students participated in their groups and helped complete their team blog (Evaluate).
13. Bodily-Kinesthetic will be met when the students move around to form groups.
Interpersonal will be met during group work.
Visual will be met during the video.
Logical-Mathematical will be met by analyzing statistics and other numbers during research of the fad-diets.
Spatial will be met by the pictures in the magazine articles.
Linguistic will be met when the groups share their blogs with the class.
14. Describe the importance of a balanced diet and an adequate amount of physical activity. (Organize)






Lesson 4






Consider the W.H.E.R.E.T.O. elements. (L)
22.Students will understand that getting an adequate amount of physical activity is vital to their health. (Where) Students need to understand how to create exercise plans because physical activity is important throughout life. Without physical activity, one may suffer from weight gain, feel down, and be out of shape (Why). Students demonstrate healthy practices and/or behaviors to maintain or improve the health of self and others in each of the following areas: healthy eating; physical activity; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention, and prevention of STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy. (What) iMovie (Product)
23. Show Celebrity Fit Club http://youtube.com/watch?v=UFAjrB9RfuQ&feature=relatedvideo clip (Hook)
24. Students will know terminology such as metabolism and BMI. They will also know how metabolism and calories relate, and how physical activity can make you feel better (Equip). The students will complete the tick tack toe graphic organizer. (Explore) The students will then get in groups and discuss different types of exercise that they put on their tick tack toe chart and why they enjoy them. They will then work on the WebQuest (Experience).
25. It is necessary to learn how to fit in an adequate amount of physical activity each day because it is vital to one's health (Rethink). The students will create an iMovie which will be designed as a Celebrity Fit Club Audition tape (Refine). Each student will present their iMovie in class (Reflect)
26. The students participated in the tick tack toe activity, completed the WebQuest, and created an iMovie (Evaluate)
27. Bodily-Kinesthetic will be met when the students move to groups and when they work on their movies.
Interpersonal will be met during group work.
Visual will be met during the video.
Musical will be met during the video.
Linguistic will be met by creating their videos.
Logical-Mathematical will be creating when they are using iMovie to sequence their videos.
Naturalistic will be met by giving them the option to film their videos outside.
28. Create an exercise plan for individuals based on BMI and desired results (Organize).

Lesson 5





Consider the W.H.E.R.E.T.O. elements. (L)
29. Students will understand that drugs and alcohol have many negative effects on their body (Where). Students need to understand the dangers of drugs and alcohol so that they do not engage in them and harm their bodies (Why). Students demonstrate healthy practices and/or behaviors to maintain or improve the health of self and others in each of the following areas: healthy eating; physical activity; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention, and prevention of STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy. (What) Comic (Product)
30. Show smoking video clip http://youtube.com/watch?v=JndtG8Y7yfw (Hook)
31. Students will know terminology such as drugs, stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen, dependency, and addiction. They will also know different types of drugs, realize that they should be avoided, and learn to avoid peer pressure associated with drinking and drugs (Equip). The students will get in groups and complete the three step interview (Explore). The students will create a web using the information they gather during the interviews, and then share with the class. They will then create a comic using ComicLife (Experience).
32. It is necessary to avoid peer pressure because you should never let others convince you to do something that you do not want to do (Rethink). Students will get in groups and discuss the methods to avoid peer pressure that they came up with (Refine). Students will presents their comics to the class and evaluate them (Reflect).
33. Completion of comic, and participation in class (Evaluate).
34. Bodily-Kinesthetic will be met when students get up and move into groups
Interpersonal will be met during group work
Intrapersonal will be met by working alone to create a comic.
Visual will be met during the presentation of comics.
Naturalistic will be met by the option of using animals in comics and/or taking pictures outside to put in the comics.
Linguistic will be met when communicating with group members in class.
Musical will be met by playing music in class during the group work.
35. Believe that they are strong enough to avoid peer pressure associated with drinking and drugs (Organize)

Lesson 6





Consider the W.H.E.R.E.T.O. elements. (L)
36. Students will understand that drugs and alcohol have many negative effects on their bodies (Where). Students need to understand the dangers of drugs and alcohol so that they do not engage in them and harm their bodies or jeopardize their futures (Why). Students demonstrate healthy practices and/or behaviors to maintain or improve the health of self and others in each of the following areas: healthy eating; physical activity; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention, and prevention of STDs, HIV and unintended pregnancy. (What) Public Service Announcement using iMovie (Product)
37.Show video (Hook).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jbeZtE-9dg0&feature=related
38. Students will know terminology such as drugs, stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen, dependency, and addiction. They will also know different types of drugs, realize that they should be avoided, and learn to avoid peer pressure associated with drinking and drugs (Equip). The students will get in groups and discuss how Every 15 Minutes made them feel and if it is good to do in schools (Explore). The students will complete the fact and opinion graphic organizer, and then later create a public service announcement using iMovie (Experience).
39. It is necessary to make good choices now because they will affect your health in the future (Rethink). Once students are finished with their PSA's, they will show them to the class (Refine). Students will have a discussion about the PSA's and evaluate each other's work (Reflect).
40. Completion of iMovie and participation in class (Evaluate).
41. Interpersonal will be met during group work.
Musical will be met by having the chance to put music in the Public Service Announcement.
Bodily-Kinesthetic will be met when the class moves around to get into groups.
Naturalistic will be met by having the chance to film the PSA outside.
Linguistic will be met by communicating with your group and during class discussions.
Visual will be met when watching the movies.
Logical-Mathematical will be met when using iMovie to create the PSA's.
42. Realize that choices they make now will affect their health in the future (Organize)

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe